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http://www.bambooinvoice.org/ is potentially useful for once I get my web design biz running.

advice on getting into web design from Derek Allard.

Sean. inscribed these words of wisdom on Friday May 16, 2008 at 07:03 PM
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Coming changes in php 6

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Potential client red flags - a good post for me to keep bookmarked for future references - i.e. when I start making money in web design.

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if web design were math, XHTML = addition, CSS = basic algebra and Javascript = quantam mechanics with a dash of super string theory. Essentially, XHTML seems basic, CSS is a little tricky but with practice should get easy and javascript is like talking to an alien from another universe. 

Sean. inscribed these words of wisdom on Friday May 2, 2008 at 07:18 AM
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good XHTML & CSS skeleton templates to use for new projects at particle tree.

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interesting generator for wrapping text into odd and unusual shapes

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I’ve added 1 new category and 3 subcategories related to web design to this blog: Web Design - CSS - javascript/JQuery - XHTML. I’ll be using these categories to write about what I’m doing in my drive to improve my web design/development skills. To keep the footprint a minimum on the blog I’ll include 95% of the entries in the extended entry and create a separate RSS feed just for those three categories as well as removing them from the regular RSS feed - but that will have to wait until I catch up on grading.

So far I have read Principles of Beautiful Web Design, CSS Mastery (twice), and ordered Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax: From Novice to Professional.

I found Principles of Beautiful Web Design to be an excellent book. I particularly enjoyed the chapters on color theory and typography. CSS Mastery is really well written, reading it a second time has really helped to clear up some of the principles that I hadn’t really gotten the first time around and I’m looking forward to putting them into practice. I know nothing about Javascript and am looking forward into learning this language and what it can do - hopefully this book is as good as it sounds and an engaging read as well.

In other news I’ve just been informed that my next two columns for the Korea Herald are slated to be 1000 words each. I’ll probably write on motivation for one and on professional development for the other.